Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons (MMH) has signed fivemining contracts, marking the first mining contracts signed by the country in its history. The move comes on the heels of the conclusion of the country’s inaugural mining bidding round last year (EG Ronda 2019). Equatorial Guinea’s ministry has signed five mining
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Twenty seven of the world's leading mining and metals companies and 36 associations are committed to climate change solutions through their membership of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). The ICMM is an international organisation dedicated to a safe, fair and sustainable mining and metals industry and through the
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Modular Mining, the global leader in the delivery of real-time computer-based mine optimization solutions, announced today the launch of its Modular Mining Public Application Programming Interface (API). The new API is designed for superior integration and increased openness among third-party technologies and Modular Mining’s IntelliMine® portfolio, including the DISPATCH® Fleet
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to encourage US companies to mine the Moon and other celestial bodies for resources. The executive order provides that commercial partners participate in an “innovative and sustainable programme” headed by the US to “lead the return of humans to the Moon for long-term
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TSX-V-listed Thor Explorations has executed its definitive documents with the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) to secure all the funding needed for the Segilola gold project, in Nigeria, and has made the final investment decision to proceed with construction. Construction at the project will continue following the implementation of Covid-19 procedures at
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Mining companies are seeing their operations disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, with mine projects either closing down or severely reducing staff presence as measures to slow the spread of the virus. Mining Technology takes a look at some of the biggest players and projects in the automated mining space and
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What to do with the unused caverns, quarries and holes once a site has been depleted of its metals or minerals has proved a major problem throughout the history of industrialised mining. With an estimated 500,000 abandoned mines in the US alone, how can disused mine sites be repurposed or
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The coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic has caused global stock markets to drop, commodity prices to tumble, and mine production outputs globally to take severe hits. With the outbreak likely to disrupt the global economy for several months, Mining Technology investigates the countries where a hit to the mining industry could be
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The World Health Organisation has declared the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. With over 180,000 confirmed cases at the time of writing, even the most optimistic analysts fear we are heading towards a global recession. Several mining companies have been affected by Covid-19 outbreaks, and global restrictions to encourage social
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As more mining operations move towards automated assignments, there is a significant hurdle that is often overlooked: Improving communication between the pit and the control room! In our experience, it is rare that this critical change happens proactively. Instead, this step is usually only considered much later, when relations between the
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